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Who&#8217;s in Chandra Arya Arya became the first current member of the Liberal caucus to announce his candidacy just four days after Trudeau&#8217;s announcement. Arya \u2014 first elected as an MP in an Ottawa suburb in 2015 \u2014 has said he does not believe he needs to speak French to become prime minister, came out against Trudeau&#8217;s carbon pricing system and wants to abolish the monarchy. 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